NUR 4000 - Critical Care Nursing

Credits: 4

During this course, students will critically think and clinically reason through critical care diagnoses while using the nursing process to plan care for the critically ill adult. Course content builds on knowledge acquired previously and includes use of the nursing process in caring for patients with acute care diagnoses such as spinal cord injury, shock, acute respiratory failure, increased intracranial pressure, sepsis, acute coronary syndrome, trauma, and burns. Students will gain knowledge and skills associated with the care of the critically ill client, such as assessment, hemodynamic monitoring, ventilator care, and arrhythmia interpretation and management. This course will not include clinical in an intensive care unit, but simulation and lab experiences will allow students to apply content learned in the course to build on those skills mastered during the previous semesters.
Prerequisite(s): NUR 3000 and NUR 3050
Corequisite(s): NUR 3600 and NUR 3655